Take-up for looms.



` WEHRLEN & P. o. MATTHEWS.

' TAKE-UP, FOB LOOMS. l APPLICATION rFILED FEB. 10, 1908.

i 4899,931, 'Patented Sept. 29, 190.8.

A7TOHNEYSf.

To all whom it maycoacem; 1

BENJAMIN WEHRLEN AND `FLOYD o..MAr'rHEWs, or roMP'roNjLAKEs, NEW JERSEY;

'Tm-'URFOR Looms.

Be itknown that We, BENJAMIN WEHRLEN and FLOYD C. -MATT'HEwa 4citizens of the United States, and both., residents of Pompton'Lakes, in the county of Passaic and State of New Jersey, have invented ja new and Imroved lTake-Up for Looms, of which the folowin'g-,is afull, clear, "and exact description.

This 4invention relates to 'take-ups for looms, and more especially to devices' of this kind which include drumsforl drawing the fabric from the looms, and rollerswhich serve to hold the fabric in engagement withthe drums, and which are so connected -that a movement of one roller to separate it from its drum causes another roller to be forced more strongly against the drum.

The object of the invention is to provide a take-up for looms which is sim le, strong and durable in construction, whicll serves to draw fabric such as a ribbon," from the loom, and from which it is ractically impossible to release the fabric, w iereby the ossibilit of slackeni-ng the warp with the anger o interfering with the operation of Weaving, is obviated. Furthermore, the take-.up leaves the front of the'loomentirely free and unobstructed, and does away with thevcumbersome wooden frame usually employed.

The invention consists in the construction and combination of parts to be more fully described hereinafter and particularly set forth in the claims.-

Reference is to be had to the accompanyg ing drawings forming a part of this specification,.in which similar characters of referencel indicate corresponding partsin both the views, and in Which Figure 1 is a transverse section showing a part of a loom having our invention applied thereto; and Fig. 2 is a plan view showing our take-up as applied to a loom. n

Before f'proceedingto a more detailed explanation of our invention, it should be understood that while itis particularly useful in connection with ribbon looms, it can also be advantageously employed with similar mechanism used in the manufacture of other fabrics. In the manufacture of textile fabrics by means of looms, mechanism is provided Which draws or otherwise removes the fabric from the looms as the fabric is Woven. In order to maintain the warp threads which are incorporated in the fabric, at the proper tension for weaving, it is necessarythat the drawing 'out or take-upmechanismshall op'- Specication of Letters` Patent., Application led February 10, 190,8. Serial No. 415,097.

Patented sept. 29,1908.

.the fa ric with auniform tension and wlthout the'danger of the fabric slipping. It will be easily seen that if the take-up suddenlIy releases the fabric, the warp threads wi'l be slackened thereby, and y Vthe shuttles will strike the warp 'thread and serious dangerto the fabric lbeing Woven Willresult.

,In our invention we employ' a drum for drawing the fabric from the loom, and, as is customary in a paratus of this kind, We prefer to provide t e drum with a facing of sand paper or other rough material, which tends to ermit a firm engagement of the fabrlc and) the drum. The fabric is held in en agement with the drum by a lurality of ro 1ers, Which are so connected that if by accidentone of the rollers is forced away from the druml the other is forced against it, so that there is absolutely no danger of the .fabric being released and causing a slaekenmg of the Warp threads.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, 10 represents a shaft of a loom, suitably journaled in certain parte 11 of the loom. Upon the shaft is rigi ly mounted the takeup drum 12, having a surface of sand paper 13 or any other material ada ted to. the urpose. It Will be understoo that the s iaft 10 may be of any suitable length and may have mounted thereupon any number of drums, depending u 'on the size and character of the loom an the number of pieces of fabric which the loom can deliver at one time.

Adjacent and arallel to the shaft. 10 is Vprovided a secon shaft 14, similarly carried y the, loom arts 11. Adjacent to the drum 12, the s aft 14 has mounted thereupon a pair of spring yokes 15, fashioned from suitable resillent material such as spring Wire, andl provided at the center with one erate. lpositively,i and that it shall act u on or more coils 16, which constitute helical s rings. The yokes are mounted upon the sliaft 14 by means of the coils 16, and have arms 17 extending in op osite directions. At the ends, the arms are ormed into laterally disposed toes 18. Rollers 19, which may be of any suitable material, are used to hold the fabric 20 in engagement with the drum. The rollers, at vfhe ends, have recesses 21formed to receive the toes 18 of the yOkes whereby the rollers are pivotally mounted in position and held in engagement withV the drum. n

`The arrangement is such that the sprmg ment ofthe ot coils 16, force the rollers against the drum vby means of the arms 17 Consequently, if onev of the rollers is forced awayT from thedrurn, the connectinyokes eect a firmer enga le'- er rollerw'ith the drumg*` he'` fabric 20 drum and etween the same and the-rollers,; and subse uently around oneI ofthe rollers. If by accidlent a foreign body, such as a nail` or a piece of wood, passes between the drum j and one of the rollers, separating the same,

.claim as new and desire to the fabric would notbe released thereby but i would still be held in-engagementwith the drum by means of the otherI roller; `it would in fact, be all-the more, firmly heldbythedrvrn, owing to thedisplacing of the first rol-ler.^

Having thus described our inventiongglwe secure -,byl Letters Patent L 1. A take-u?, comprisinga drum for drawing the fabric rom* a loom, spring yokes` piv oted at points adjacent to said drum and asses from thegloom around the each having arms extending in opposite di- I ,rectionsand rollers pivoted between the .corresponding arms of said yokes and held against said drum thereby, whereby said rollers control each other.

2. A take-up, comprising a drum for draw- 4ingi the fabric from a loom, a shaft; spring Y0. 

